Error Claims Cast Doubt on Bank of America Foreclosures in Bay AreaBy Matt Drange and Amy Julia Harris, Center for Investigative Reporting and Elizabeth Wagner, NBC Bay Area Published: April 25, 2013 Joji Thomas was desperate to save his home. The San Francisco mechanical engineer sold his car, tapped into his wife’s savings and begged friends for money.

U.S. gives big, secret push to Internet surveillanceJustice Department agreed to issue “2511 letters” immunizing AT&T and other companies participating in a cybersecurity program from criminal prosecution under the Wiretap Act, according to new documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

The Tech Industry’s Darkest Secret: It’s All About AgeThey don’t prepare you for this in college or admit it in job interviews. The harsh reality is that if you are middle-aged, write computer code for a living, and earn a six-figure salary, you’re headed for the unemployment lines. Your market value declines as you age and it becomes harder and harder to get a job.

A Comma Gives Legal Victory To AIG Over Bank Of AmericaThe placement of a comma in a law written in 1919 was the deciding factor in an appeal between American International Group Inc (AIG) and Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC). American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) has beaten Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) on an appeal in its mortgage fraud suit-because of a single comma.

Beijing slams US ‘woeful record of human rights’ – RT NewsThe US turns a blind eye to human rights issues, seriously threatening the lives of its citizens, a Chinese report claims. The damning analysis of US human rights abuses is Beijing’s retaliation to a Washington report decrying the Chinese government.

Boston suspect was under FBI surveillance, mother saysMOSCOW (Reuters) – One of the two ethnic Chechens suspected by U.S. officials of being behind the Boston Marathon bombings had been under FBI surveillance for at least three years, his mother said. Zubeidat Tsarnaeva told the English-language Russia Today state television station in a phone interview, a recording of which was obtained by Reuters, that she believed her sons were innocent and had been framed.

Hunger Striking at Guantánamo BayGUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago. I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity.

A Mindful Difference: Respond vs React – Thin DifferenceThere may be a slight difference between the words react and respond. Yet, in practice, there seems to be a gulf of difference. React in action. When people react, it seems to be defensive. We seem to be at a disadvantage. We are uncomfortable with what is being said or done, and we react.

What rights should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev get and why does it matter?Shortly before Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an American citizen, was apprehended last night, GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham advocated on Twitter that the Boston Marathon bombing suspect be denied what most Americans think of as basic rights. “If captured,” Graham wrote, I hope [the] Administration will at least consider holding the Boston suspect as [an] enemy combatant for intelligence gathering purposes.”